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Fritz recounts ‘A Moment with a Legend’ BY SARA PAGE
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riting is like NASCAR. It takes time to develop; it’s sometimes painful; and it can often feel like you’re going around in circles. And, once you get your first piece published, it feels a whole lot like crossing the finish line. Richmond International Raceway President Doug Fritz now knows that feeling. “I’m extremely pleased about it. Shocked a bit but pleased,” Fritz said. Fritz joined the ranks of published authors last month with the release of “Chicken Soup for the Soul NASCAR,” the latest in the popular Chicken Soup for the Soul series. The book contains 101 stories from folks in various parts of the business from track presidents to drivers and their families and friends. The stories range from funny to touching. Fritz’s story, “A Moment with a Legend,” falls closer to the latter. Beginning on page 15, Fritz recounts his only meeting with the founder of NASCAR, Bill France Sr., and recounts how that meeting touched his career. The then aspiring NASCAR public relations and marketing professional was told simply that “NASCAR is all about family.” Full story online at midlothianexchange.com. PHOTO COURTESY OF MCDONALDS
Cosby’s Becca Wann and Jazmin Pitts were recognized for being nominees for the McDonald’s High School AllAmerican team this year. McDonald’s supervisor Rick Neville, right, presented each athlete with basketball gear and gift certificates on behalf of local owner/operator Dave Traub.
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PHOTO BY SARA PAGE
Clover Hill is one of the newest additions to Medford League teams this year.
Over Valentine’s Day weekend, Elby Omohundro, a fourth-grader at Robious Elementary School, competed at the 2010 AAU Northeast Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships at Harvard University in Boston. Elby competed in three events in the Bantam Division (long jump, high jump and 400-meter run). Elby won both the long jump and the high jump and set meet records in both events. In the 400-meter event, he came from behind in the last 20 meters, lunging across the finish line to win a third-place PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLAN CARMODY medal by only three hundredths of a second. Elby now Robious Middle School won the 2009-2010 Chesterfield holds three AAU Northeast Conference records. He set the Sub-Bantam Division long jump record in 2009. County Middle School Boys Basketball Championship with a win over Fallen Creek Middle School.
to play. The southern division the gymnasium all mornadded three new teams this ing, cheering on the athletes. year and now features eight The pep band kept the event teams from Monacan, Marocking and the student toaca, L.C. Bird, James River, government association lined Clover Hill, Meadowbrook the sidelines and provided and Prince Edward high a tunnel for the athletes to schools. Athletes typically run through. According to play their games during their Early, the atmosphere was in- lunch periods on Thursdays. dicative of all regular season games for Rapid Fire. “We have had amazing support from the James River community and the SGA,” Early said. The cheering turned to a roar when Rapid Fire was introduced prior to the championship game. As the final athlete ran through the tunnel, the stands erupted into the well-known “Go Rapids” cheer. The Rapids used a bit of a height advantage to pull out a two-point victory then posed with their trophies as an impromptu dance party broke out on the gym floor. “Every team went home with a trophy and T-shirts,” Early said. “We had a couple of students in the Leadership program use their senior projects as fundraisers for this event so that we could purchase the trophies and shirts.” The league is designed for students with intellectual disabilities and features two geographic divisions: one north and the other south of Indian Cuisine the James River. It was developed in the mid 1980s by Z.T. Medford with the goal of giving anyone who wants to play basketball the chance Bring this ad in for 15% OFF (Fri. Sat. & Holidays not included). Expires 3/31/10
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